Transmitting definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSMIT'TING, ppr. Sending from ... message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmission, transmittal, transmitting] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transmit Trans*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting.] [L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf ... Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive ...
transmitting aerial definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... sends or receives radio or television signals [syn: antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial]
... message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmission, transmittal, transmitting] 2: communication by means of transmitted signals 3: the fraction ... transmit Date: 1611 1. an act, process, or instance of transmitting < transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse > 2. the passage of radio waves in the space between transmitting and receiving stations; also the act or process of transmitting by radio or television 3. an assembly of parts including ... Reference Dictionary n. 1 the act or an instance of transmitting; the state of being transmitted. 2 a broadcast radio or ... transmissio; cf. F. transmission. See Transmit.] 1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission ...
... transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise] Merriam Webster's verb (transmitted; transmitting) Etymology: Middle English transmitten, from Latin transmittere, from trans- + mittere ... transmittable adjective • transmittal noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (transmitted, transmitting) 1 a pass or hand on; transfer (transmitted the message ... v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting.] [L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf ... Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive ... metals transmit, or conduct, electricity. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (transmits, transmitting, transmitted) 1. When radio and television programmes, computer data, or ... that transmit disease to humans... There was no danger of transmitting the infection through operations. VERB: V n to n, ...
... trans and pareo, to appear.] 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light so that bodies can be distinctly seen ... a transparent vail. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold ... Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are ... of a person etc.) easily understood; frank; open. 4 Physics transmitting heat or other electromagnetic rays without distortion. Derivatives: transparently adv ... parere to appear. See Appear.] 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen ...
... message 3. a radio receiving set 4. a. a radio transmitting station b. a radio broadcasting organization c. the radio broadcasting ... frequency (cf. WIRELESS). b an apparatus for receiving, broadcasting, or transmitting radio signals. c a message sent or received by radio ... is a system of sending sound over a distance by transmitting electrical signals. They are in twice daily radio contact with ...
... him on the telephone" [syn: telephone, phone, telephone set] 2: transmitting speech at a distance [syn: telephone, telephony] v 1: get ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. 1 an apparatus for transmitting sound (esp. speech) to a distance by wire or cord ... esp. by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals. 2 a transmitting and receiving instrument used in this. 3 a system of ...
... to work in the open air. chain-gear a gear transmitting motion by means of an endless chain. chain-letter one ... of goods. chain-wale = CHANNEL(2). chain-wheel a wheel transmitting power by a chain fitted to its edges. Etymology: ME ... belt (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. Chain boat, a boat fitted up for recovering lost ...
... any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer Merriam Webster's I ... for measuring a quantity (as pressure, speed, or temperature) and transmitting the result especially by radio to a distant station where ... an apparatus for recording the readings of an instrument and transmitting them by radio. --v. 1 intr. record readings in this ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSLU'CENT, a. In mineralogy, transmitting rays of light, but not so as to render objects ... the passage of light: a. clear, transparent < translucent water > b. transmitting and diffusing light so that objects beyond cannot be seen ... through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid.] 1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen ...
... circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: link, data link] U.S. Military ... of connecting one location to another for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data. See also tactical digital information link.
... defense mechanism Britannica Concise In mechanical construction, the means of transmitting and modifying motion in a machine or an assembly of ... science. See also atomism. In mechanical construction, the means of transmitting and modifying motion in a machine or an assembly of ...
... locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See under Frictional ... convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc.